I should have addressed this but in my haste i didn't. I am sorry to hear about your daughter, if you are religious ill pray for her and hope the doctors can help, and if you aren't religious i hope that the doctors do a good job.

It is always an adventure to navigate around all the different people with the different schedules, for example some of us get up at 3AM to start our days while some of us come home at 3AM and finally get to sleep. Also, there are fun things like family dinners every night. No real embarrassing stories, just we forgot the alarm code so when we entered the house the police, and firemen came to the house it was quite interesting.

Statement not question:"Hi my name is Derp, I want to be your friend"
questions: 1) Address the awkwardness, "Why are things so awkward between us?" 2) Give her a single red rose, "talking to you makes me feel as red as this rose inside, tell me one thing that will calm me down, what is it?"